You just bought your new Jimny and have to decide if you will leave it standard or amp up the ability with some modifications. After chatting to some enthusiasts, we were persuaded that the mods not only look cool, but improve capability, which becomes clear when you regularly venture into the bundu.
The manufacturers prefer owners to keep their vehicles as stock standard as possible, because they say the mods don’t add extra ability and might have warranty implications. Their view, naturally, is that a standard vehicle should handle most of the challenges or obstacles that come with the typical demands of overlanding.
In search of the truth, we decided to test these opposing points of view and headed to Bass Lake near Meyerton to pitch a standard Jimny against a built-up Jimny.
Our standard Jimny was stock, apart from a set of Dunlop Grandtrek all-terrain tyres in the same size as any vehicle fresh from the dealer floor, which is a rather narrow 195/80 R15. There were no other modifications on this vehicle, which is used by Alan Pepper to provide 4x4 training to new Suzuki Jimny owners.
The built-up competitor is owned by Opposite Lock South
